Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-04-28
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publishes a special dispatch from Masnhnes | 9
ton which states that President Olevelanu
neither Wishes nor will accept renomina- /
tion- The dispatch says the President him ,
self made the declaration to this enect on
"wednesday to q prominent western Demo.
crasie senator who Is on terms OF especial
Intimacy with the White House. The Presi-
dent said he had not given any intimatioh |
OF his feelings to the representatives Oh sne !
press for the simple reason that he felt
nothing he might say about not wishing or
NOT being willing TO take second term
would believed. 81 hardly expect any pony
to believe It." he said, except my wiie, out
II Is 80, none the less"
The senator, who has repeated this COM
pensatlon, is convinced OF the Presidents
sincerity In this dlsavowal OF second term
ambition aud thinks II would be useless 70
plan the next campaign on the basis OF the
denomination Of President Cleveland.
LAMONT SAYS HARDLY.
WASHINGTON, April 28.-Tne Presiueht
was engaged this morning and could not
be seen with reference to the statement tel.
eQrapled from st. Louis ut late hour last
night to the efrAct that In conversation
with a prominent senator he had expressed
m unafterabls determination not TO accept
Colonel Lamont, however, upon being |
questioned on the subject, said: II am
Quite sure that the President has never SAID
| that he would or would not accept a re- |
nomination. That questtonis not now CON |
| eernIng him, and | know OF no occasion
| calling for It's decision at this time"
MORE TALK ABOUT THE TERM.
ST.. LOUIS, April 25.-A special TO the Re
| publican from Washington says: The dis
/ elosnres as TO the Presidents personal feel-
/ jnoa have been received In such spirit by
the press aud people that he must see not
even an official and authoritative declara-
Il -. kf,sH aaf N mn h9inFA
people for o second term can now arrest
avert any popular inclination to his re-eiee-
tion. Realization OF these substantial re-
snlts so swiftly following the pubiioa-
tion of the special leads some OF the
eastern papers to surmise that the telegram
was deliberately put out from tne WINE
lhis ingenious superstition Is wholly falla-
cious. The telegram went TO the tepuDaoa,n
without instlgation from either the Prcsl-
dent or the senator with whom he talked.
The President spoke freely but upon the
promptings OF the moment only
and without any special purpose while
| the senator recounted the CONVERSE
tIon afterwards to personal friends
without intending that what he told should
| 90 the press. Without injunction OF secresy
In either case, the story got rapid cireuia-
tion as a matter OF such interest naturally
would and had been heard by quite num-
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print, II Is possible the senator may have
misconstrued the words OF the President or
. misled his friends afterwards In recalling
! the Presidents declaration by lack oil
preciseness in his own language.
Q one gniflcant fact In connection win
9 the reported expression OF the Presiaent
' | views has not escaped attention. No denial
! has vet been made by the President himself
I or even professedly at his direction. Col
Lamont said he is quito sure the President
: has never said he would or would not &C
u cent n denomination" but this Is not
statement of the Presidents and does no
3 even pretend to be for the President.
o THAT the President will not say openly Z
the public what he Is reported to have sait
privately to senator In no manner change
y The fact. The project OF a letter to be givel
formally to the public this spring which !
reported on the double authority OF Col
Dorshelmer and Smith Nj. Weed Of NeI
70 York, Is not the only corroborative testi
n mony. At least one member Of the cabine
Z. has said again and again recently that tn
\ | President neither wanted nor would accep
n denomination. OF his dlsinclinatton Il
. least there has been denial even within tn
!, past two days.
y COL. poRsHEIMER's STATEMENT.
~ Tuesdays New York Star.
I In view of the reports which have bee
q. sent out by the Washington correspor
1,n dents OF some western newspapers thin
y it proper to make the following stat
4 ment:
et In january last the President said to ID
that he had been contemplating the maxim
al OF a public declaration which would tai
him out of the field us candidate 10 1855
w He said that he was led 10 this conciusiG
not only by personal considerations, b.
1d because he thought such course wou
ne relieve him from imputations which we
on daily cast upon him, and which Interfere
nj with his usefulness in office.
m After listening TO the Presidents Observ
~ lions, and supposing that he wished an Q
'ss preston of my opinion, told him that
are thought such a declaration would be We
ng unwise, and that 1t would increase his pc
as plexitIes rather than diminish them. lal
said that 1t was not for him TO say wheth
he he would be a candidate for reelection
on not; that that was u matter to be decld
nov by the Democracy, who had honored n
uoi greatly, and who had right to his serviC
ii they desired them. l also urged that
tradition would be broken by his candtda
for q seCoLd term sd that !, might be III
| important TO his party ana the GOuntry Il
Nos ne should be reelected.
Alter u long conversation upon this 81
rom ieet, the effect of which was as l bit
of a stated, the matter was dropped and has
v a since been alluded to except IN a eas
v,ha manner.
'n have never had In my possession alei
Vi from the President with reference to :
the ond term, nor have l ever seen such u la
Il in or the draft of one.
d at have not been in Washington since
,ied Attn Of this month. Ii the President has
new rived at the determination suggested in
49, conversation with me last January, | do
know 1t. But knowing well hts charac
re- | am confident that il he thinks 1t his
8 on to decline re nomination he will make
In intention public In a way which will reu
The misunderstanding of 1t impossible.
o. of In common with other personal trtel
ona and, as believe, with the great body Of
M, Democracy aud large part OF the tldeI
~" dent and Republican voters, | since
8 in NOMINATION which according to present
but pearances, will be rendered to him witt
was serious dissent. WILLIAM DoRsHEiME
lad Nav YORK, April 25lh, 1857.
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